City Council Awards Paving Bid and Kills Chestnut Street Plan
East Tipton street paving let to George S. Pomeroy at 2.30 per sq yd and 0.55 per linear ft curb. Chestnut street widening plan killed amid mixed votes. Band concert funding of 300 dollars approved for street fair. Curb and gutter Fourth street awarded to Harry Marberry after bid dispute.
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East Tipton Street
George S. Pomeroy
Chestnut Street
Pomeroy
Harry Marberry
Burkley
Beach
Sprenger
Tunley
Marberry
Bench
Barkley
J.P. McCurdy
Fields
Ahlbrand
Tunely
Moritz
Fourth Street
Ewing
Bliss Street
West Third Street
Former Local Railroader Charles Blevins Dies in Yard Accident
Charles L. Blevins aged 49 died after being crushed between two freight cars in Columbus yards while assisting in assembling a train. Funeral services were held at Westgate Masonic Temple in Columbus. He formerly worked in local freight yards and was recently promoted to freight conductor. Survived by wife Grace, daughter Helen Carter, two sons Lee Roy and John S., parents, two sisters, and a granddaughter. Blevins belonged to Masonic orders, Knights of Pythias and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
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Westgate Masonic Temple
Columbus
Ohio
Charles L. Plevins
Blevins
Helen Carter
Grace L. Blevins
Lee Roy
Chicago
John 8
Aurora
Cincinnati
Masonic Order
Knights of Pythias
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Extra at Majestic Adds Novak and Benson Act
Majestic management brings an added attraction for the first three days next week. Entertainers De Luxe will perform in Novak and Benson venues. The act is billed as a big time draw and promises repeat attendance.
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Majestic
Novak and
Benson
Wife Rewed Here In Plane Drops Suit Against Widow
The $10,000 heart balm suit filed months ago by Mrs. Charles Crump of Columbus against a wealthy Bartholomew county widow has been dismissed. The Crumps, divorced amid a domestic triangle, were remarried recently while in an airplane that landed at Kasting field near the city. They then flew away to begin their second honeymoon.
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Charles Crump
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Crump
Mr. Crump
Kasting Field
Richart Receives Purdue Trophy for Exhibit Win
Aloysous Richart a Shields high school sophomore won the sweepstakes at the Purdue Eg Show last spring and received a silver loving cup trophy. He also earned a $100 Purdue University scholarship from the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company to be used after high school graduation. A photo with the trophy was sent to the editor of the B&O monthly magazine for a potential feature.
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Aloysous Richart
Shields High School
Purdue
Richart
Purdue University
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
B. & O. Monthly
Plans for Scout Week Open with Bean Supper in Seymour
Complete plans for Scout Week in Seymour include a bean supper at Shields High School on Monday evening, followed by election of a Scout mayor and city officials Saturday afternoon. The central council of control will be formed, talks on Scout Week given, and flags, uniforms, and various themed days observed.
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Shields High School
Central Council of Control
Seymour
Doctor’s Office Notice of Absence
Dr. J. K. Ritter announces he will be away from his office from September 19 to October 3. The notice confirms temporary absence and return plans.
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J. K. Ritter
M. D
Cooperage Shop Keeps Humming in Seymour
John M. Schinnerer Cooperage Shop on East Street runs at full capacity to meet demand from apple orchards and fruit companies across states. The Seymour plant will produce over 20 000 apple barrels this season, up from 16 000 last year, with 65 freight cars worth of output. The operation employs ten men, serves clients including George Hitz and Company of Indianapolis and I W F Company, and plans expansion to a larger facility along a local railway.
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John M. Schinnerer
East Street
Schinnerer
Mr. Schinnerer
Seymour
George Hitz and Company
Indianapolis
Central States
Chicago
Central West
I. W. PF. Company
Ohio River
Seymour Concert Band To Give Last Regular Concert
The Seymour Concert band will perform its last regular public concert next Thursday evening at Second and Chestnut streets. The schedule excludes potential concerts planned during the week of October 19 for the city street fair. The band has played about twenty five times in local parks and downtown districts this summer.
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Seymour
Second
Chestnut Streets
Alleged Rum Runners Held in Indianapolis
Three men described as rum runners between Chicago and Indianapolis were arrested after a high speed chase on a downtown street. Police found 26 five gallon cans of alcohol in their car and each man was found to be armed.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Local Doctors Move and Office Details Show Movements
Dr. J H Jones of General Medicine at 105% West Second Street and Dr. Gillespie relocate from Progressive Music Store to second door south for Gold Mine on ground floor. Both offer day or night citywide visits.
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J. HW. Jones
General Medicine
Second Street
Vehstage
Dr. Gillespie
Progressive Music
Gold Mine
Coolidge Prefers Comfort Over Fashion With Straw Hat
President Calvin Coolidge chose comfort over style today as he wore a straw hat on his morning walk, bucking fashion advice to toss hats as the season ended. He insisted he would rather be comfortable than sartorially correct despite public pressure.
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International News Service
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
C. Coolidge
County Schools to Enroll 4 400 Pupils for 1925 26 Term
Jackson county schools near 4 400 pupils for the 1925 26 term. Brownstown city and seven townships open next week. Seymour has two weeks of instruction and five townships one week. Modern schools report their largest enrollment ever, says principal C V Weddle.
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Jackson County
Brownstown
Owen
Salt Creek
Vernon
Redding
Pershing
Hamilton
Seymour
Jackson
Driftwood
Washington
Grassy Fork
Carr
Modorn
C. V. Weddle
Prohibition Seen Less Popular In National Survey
Washington reports that Prohibition is less popular today than five years ago. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ cites lax federal enforcement and weaker temperance teachings in churches and homes as factors in the shift, though many states might still vote affirmatively. The survey suggests a possible turn toward a corner but no solid assurance.
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International News Service
Washington
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
Klan clash ends in riot near North Brookfield farm
A riot erupted after a Ku Klux Klan meeting near North Brookfield Massachusetts injuring Chief Quill and Patrolman Downey. A klansman was shot in the leg, several hurt, cars and clergy members involved, two arrests reported.
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International News Service
North Brookfield
Mass
Stephen Quil
William Downey
Ku Klux Klan
Martin Bergin
North Brookfield Common
Quill
Additional Revelations In Rogers Hart Case Leaked
Washington reports reveal further charges in the Rogers Hart quarrel. Harry L. Rogers accuses William H. Hart of malice and disloyalty, plotting to oust Rogers and secure Hart in the quartermaster general post. Rogers cites Hart’s alleged involvement with a gossip magazine and an affidavit from Theresa Howard Dean.
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Washington
Army
General Rogers
War Department
Theresa Howard Dean
Hart
J. C. Schemm
Sherwin Publishing Company
Weeks
Quartermaster Department
Rogers
Schemm
Dean
John L. Hines
Apples Harvest Notes From East Con School
Readable fragments mention Grimes Golden apples and Harold Hall at East Con solidated school with unclear details. The item reads like a local note on fruit picking and a school reference but lacks full context or events.
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Grimes
Harold Hall
East Consolidated School
P. S. C. To Conduct Cooking School Here
Interstate Public Service Company will hold a free four day cooking school from September 22 to 25 in the Bacon Electric Shop room at 107 North Chestnut street. The sessions run 2 to 4 30 PM daily with Miss Elsie Hinkley of the Tappan Stove Company leading the instruction. Seymour women gain a chance to learn the newest methods of modern cookery.
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Interstate Public Service Company
Bacon Electric Shop
North Chestnut Street
Elsie Hinkley
Home Service Department
Tappan Stove Company
Seymour
Lone Bandit Robs Ohio Bank Cashier for 100 Dollars
Tippecanoe City Ohio reports a lone bandit claiming the name George Dutch Anderson held up Mahlon T Staley of the Tippecanoe National Bank and obtained 100 01 late yesterday afternoon. The suspect entered just after four o clock as the vault time clock had closed, with several thousand dollars inside.
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Tippecanoe City
George “Dutch” Anderson
Mahlon T. Staley
Tippecanoe National Bank
Guthrie to resign from commission in Indiana
William A. Guthrie of Dupont, chair man of the State Conservation Commission, announced he will resign to Governor Jackson before sundown. The move follows internal strife after a secret salary cut for director Richard Lieber, which Coulter, Wilson and Lieber opposed attending further meetings with Guthrie present.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
William A. Guthrie
Dupont
State Conservation Commission
Jackson
Guthrie
Commission
J. P. Goodrich
Warren T. McCray
Emmett Branch
Ed Jackson
Everett Gardner
Crown Point
Richard Lieber
Dean Coulter
Purdue University
FE. M. Wilson
Anderson
Coulter
Wilson
Lieber
Grimes Sisters Improve After Porter's Camp Crash
Miss Viola Grimes of 733 North Broadway shows steady improvement two weeks after a serious auto wreck near Porter's Camp and can walk a little. Her sister Miss Florence Grimes, less injured, has practically recovered.
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Viola Grimes
North Broadway
Porter's Camp
Florence Grimes
Petain Forces Encircling Rif Forces Advance on Left Wing
Paris dispatches report Marshal Petain's left wing tightening its pincers to encircle Rif forces with French troops taking Zaocha Doulad and Ghezzar in a strategic advance. Madrid dispatches note Rif attack on Spanish lines at Alhucemas and new disembarkations while Madrid rumors heavy losses and unrest in Spain.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Fez
Zaocha
Doulad
Ghezzar
London
Alhucemas
Madrid
Henday
France
Spain
Morocco
Spanish Foreign Legion
Ben Karrich
Tetuan
Kudia Tahar
Astierias
Carabanchel
Cebadilla
Alhucemas Bay
Grim tragedy hovers at Deupree home in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on September 19, a seven year old boy, Richard Deupree, was buried alive after a ditch wall collapsed. He died from the injury just after his birthday, and had only hours earlier shown two stars for good school work.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Clarence Deupree
Richard
Morgan Goes Abroad on White Star Liner Olympic
J P Morgan, financier, slipped aboard the White Star Liner Olympic just before its September 19 departure for Cherbourg and Southampton. His name did not appear on the passenger list.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Olympic
Cherbourg
Southampton
Yale in China College Branch of American Education
The College of Yale in China is described as a branch of an American college, indicating a transnational educational collaboration or affiliation linking Chinese higher learning to U S institutions.
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The
College of Yale
China
American College
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Tipton Paving
Charles L. Blevins
Triangle
Ils
Ities
Scout
Patrick’s Grocery
Tip
Tip Richardson
Cooperage Shop
Seymour Band
Coolidge
Seymour End
North Brook
Field
Klan Automo
Navy
Successor
Lone Bandit
George
Dutch” Anderson
State Conservation
Petain
Tegic
Ditec
Morgan
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